BBS Route · Florida · BCR 31
Boca Raton Bird Survey Route
A standard 50-stop Breeding Bird Survey route. 75 species recorded across 21 survey years, no longer active.
75Species Recorded
21Years Surveyed
1968–1994Span
5Observers
Bird Species Found on Florida Boca Raton
Top 40 of 75 species by most recent count. Each links to its species trend.
| History | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boat-tailed Grackle | Icteridae | 142 | 1994 | +230% | 1970 | |
| European Starling | Sturnidae | 110 | 1994 | 31× | 1970 | |
| Common Grackle | Icteridae | 107 | 1994 | +10% | 1970 | |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimidae | 85 | 1994 | -37% | 1970 | |
| Mourning Dove | Columbidae | 40 | 1994 | +11% | 1970 | |
| House Sparrow | Passeridae | 37 | 1994 | -83% | 1970 | |
| Fish Crow | Corvidae | 26 | 1994 | +810% | 1970 | |
| Blue Jay | Corvidae | 24 | 1994 | -6% | 1970 | |
| White Ibis | Threskiornithidae | 18 | 1990 | +633% | 1978 | |
| Rock Pigeon | Columbidae | 17 | 1994 | +43% | 1970 | |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Picidae | 17 | 1994 | -59% | 1970 | |
| Eastern Towhee | Passerellidae | 13 | 1982 | -59% | 1970 | |
| Eurasian Collared-Dove | Columbidae | 13 | 1994 | n/a | n/a | |
| Black Vulture | Cathartidae | 9 | 1994 | 18× | 1981 | |
| Common Nighthawk | Caprimulgidae | 8 | 1994 | -78% | 1970 | |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Icteridae | 7 | 1994 | -92% | 1970 | |
| Least Tern | Laridae | 6 | 1994 | +110% | 1970 | |
| Snowy Egret | Ardeidae | 6 | 1982 | -85% | 1973 | |
| Green Heron | Ardeidae | 6 | 1994 | +27% | 1971 | |
| Common Gallinule | Rallidae | 6 | 1994 | +50% | 1970 | |
| Anhinga | Anhingidae | 6 | 1994 | +60% | 1979 | |
| Burrowing Owl | Strigidae | 5 | 1990 | -20% | 1970 | |
| Royal Tern | Laridae | 4 | 1988 | -70% | 1971 | |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanidae | 4 | 1990 | +43% | 1974 | |
| Tricolored Heron | Ardeidae | 4 | 1994 | +133% | 1982 | |
| Western Cattle-Egret | Ardeidae | 4 | 1994 | -65% | 1970 | |
| Northern Bobwhite | Odontophoridae | 4 | 1983 | -83% | 1970 | |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalidae | 4 | 1994 | -72% | 1970 | |
| Rose-ringed Parakeet | Psittaculidae | 4 | 1988 | n/a | n/a | |
| Black-necked Stilt | Recurvirostridae | 3 | 1968 | n/a | n/a | |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Icteridae | 3 | 1983 | -85% | 1970 | |
| Chimney Swift | Apodidae | 3 | 1994 | +200% | 1976 | |
| Great Egret | Ardeidae | 2 | 1990 | -69% | 1975 | |
| Killdeer | Charadriidae | 2 | 1990 | +18% | 1970 | |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbidae | 2 | 1994 | -79% | 1970 | |
| Chuck-will's-widow | Caprimulgidae | 2 | 1989 | +0% | 1972 | |
| Loggerhead Shrike | Laniidae | 2 | 1994 | -79% | 1970 | |
| Common Yellowthroat | Parulidae | 2 | 1972 | +100% | 1968 | |
| Brown Thrasher | Mimidae | 2 | 1994 | +67% | 1974 | |
| Carolina Wren | Troglodytidae | 2 | 1990 | -50% | 1970 |
Source: USGS North American Breeding Bird Survey, retrieved 2026-05-22. A route is a sample, not a census.